Two area commissions proposed for South Side: Groups would receive money from the city and notification of zoning changes, demolitions.

From: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) | Date: July 5, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Jodi Andes

Jul. 5--The South Side is as diverse as it is large. The $1 million homes in German Village are a far cry from the factories and businesses on S. Parsons Avenue and different from the middleclass homes in the South Side's core. For those reasons, some South Side groups want the city to recognize the area as two different entities: the Near South Side and the Far South Side. Debera Diggs has been working with others to form area commissions,...

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